absurdum in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for absurdum in the English»Italian Dictionary

reductio ad absurdum [Brit rɪˌdʌktɪəʊ ad abˈsəːdəm, Am rəˌdəktioʊ æd æbˈsərdəm] N

reductio ad absurdum

dimostrazione f per assurdo

Translations for absurdum in the Italian»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

dimostrazione per assurdo

reductio ad absurdum

ragionamento per assurdo

reductio ad absurdum

dimostrare qc per assurdo

to prove sth by reductio ad absurdum

prova per assurdo

reductio ad absurdum

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

By application of reductio ad absurdum this phenomenon involves people assuming comically exaggerated xenophobic and antisemitic views with the aim to mock them.

en.wikipedia.org